听力原文: When we think about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, a feeling of sheer delight, and those feelings seem to get rarer the older we get.
For a child, happiness has a magical quality. I remember making hide-outs in newly cut hay, playing cops and robbers in the woods, getting a speaking part in the school play. Of course, kids also experience lows, but their delight at such peaks of pleasure as winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved.
In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it is conditional on such things as excitement, love, popularity and whether that red spot will clear up before party night. I can still feel the agony of not being invited to a party that almost everyone else was going to. But I also recall the details of being invited at another event to dance with a John Travolta look-alike.
In adulthood the things that bring profound joy—birth, love, marriage—also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. Love may not last, sex is not always good, loved ones die. For adults, happiness is complicated.
While happiness may be complex for us, the solution is the same. Happiness is not about what happens to us, it is about how we perceive what happens to us. It is the knack of finding a positive for every negative, and viewing a setback as a challenge. It is not wishing for what we do not have, but enjoying what we do possess.
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A. Happiness at different stages of life.
B. The concept of happiness.
C. Experiences of all kinds of happiness.
D. How to find happiness.
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A.He likes it too much to read it.B.He likes paperback edition.C.He thinks the hardbac
A. He likes it too much to read it.
B. He likes paperback edition.
C. He thinks the hardback edition is too expensive.
D. He waits the woman to buy it first.
听力原文:W: Have you read the latest Tom Clancy's book?
M: No, I haven't. But I hear it's a best seller.
W: That's what I hear. I haven't read it either, but it has been on the New York Times' best seller list for three weeks now. I've been meaning to stop by a bookstore and get it.
M: I really like his books, but I usually wait until they come out in the paperback edition. I hate to pay the price of the hardback version.
W: Do you think they will make a movie out of this one? The movies based on his other books have been very successful.
M: I wonder if their success is due to the nature of his hero.
W: Jack Ryan?
M: Yes. He is so "all American", just the type of person that we all think a good American should be.
W: I think you might be right. We see so many characters in books and movies that are anything but admirable that it is refreshing to have the here be a good, clean, honest family man.
M: I guess the excitement and intrigue he builds into his stories are another reason we all like to read them.
W: Maybe those are the reasons. At any rate, millions of people read every book he writes.
M: Including us.
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A. The man.
B. The woman.
C. Both of the two.
D. Neither of them.
听力原文:W: Have you found a job yet?
M: No, and I'm getting discouraged. I went to the job market yesterday, but no one was really interested in hiring an English major.
W: I know what you mean. I was told by many of the companies there that they are looking for people with other skills. Fortunately, I am good at computing. I think I have a job lined up.
M: Tell me about it.
W: The first people I talked to said they were very interested in me, because I am familiar with Word Perfect. When they interviewed me, I was able to speak English better than the boss and he was very impressed with my combination of skills.
M: I was hoping to find a sales job with an import-export company.
W: You'd be good at that kind of job. Your English is very good. My older brother works for a Chinese American joint venture in Guangzhou and he is doing very well. He wanted me to go down there and work with him, but I think I would rather take this job here. If you would like, I will call him and ask him to help you find a job there.
M: I would really appreciate that. I know several of our classmates have found jobs there. It's a long way from home, but I hear the pay is good there. Thank you for your help.
W: Don' t mention it.
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A. Because he was not interested in any job in the market.
Because he is not skillful at computing.
C. Because he is an English major.
D. Because the companies in the job market were looking for people good at English speaking.
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.
People do not analyze every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution the last time they had a similar problem .They often accept the opinions or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without thinking; they try to find a solution by trial and error. However, when all these methods fail, the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six stages in analyzing a problem.
First the person must recognize that there is a problem. For example, Sam's bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must see that there is a problem with his bicycle.
Next the thinker must define the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must find the reason why it does not work. For instance, he must determine if the problem is with the gears, the brakes, or the frame. He must make his problem more specific.
Now the person must look for information that will make the problem clearer and lead to possible solutions. For instance, suppose Sam decided that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the gear wheels. At this time, he can look in his bicycle repair book read about gears. He can talk to his friends at the bike shop. He can look at his gears carefully.
After studying the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an illustration. His suggestions might be: put oil on the gearwheels; buy new gearwheels and replace the old ones; tighten or loosen the gear wheels.
Eventually one suggestion seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the final idea comes very suddenly because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a new way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees that there is a piece of chewing gum (口香糖) between the gear wheels. He immediately realizes the solution to his problem: he must clean the gearwheels.
Finally the solution is tested. Sam cleans the gearwheels and finds that afterwards his bicycle works perfectly. In short, he has solved the problem.
What is the beat title for this passage?
A. Six Stages for Repairing Sam's Bicycle
B. Possible Ways to Problem-Solving
C. Necessities of Problem Analysis
D. Suggestions for Analyzing a Problem